Pasig City, NCR, Philippines
Circa 1991/ Seeing things more differently now than it was before.

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

i was fire burning on the tiled floor

i went swimming the other day and i hate to say i'm sunburned. my nose incurred the most devastating effects of uv rays as it looks like it was pinched very hard. good thing i had my shirt because shirtless could only do more damage. i am not particularly sensitive to my skin but my skin is. off all the people i have gone with in that swimming, we were just swimming almost the same time, only me turned out like this. i'm white, maybe that could shed some light on. what i mean is, basically my melanin count is lesser than anyone which means i received the most damage from ultraviolet.

did you know that if you have incurred more than five sunburns from childhood to present, you have a greater risk of developing melanoma? i read that in one of the articles online and i was dumbfounded by the time i realized that i already had two sunburns. and i am just three sunburns away from death. so next time someone invites me to go swimming, i'd put lots of sunblock or i'd rather suggest overnight.

i heard someone says that sunburns in beaches are less severe from sunburns you get in swimming pools. the woot? i was kinda hesitant to believe that since you get the same uv exposure. i am not buying into that statement unless someone would clarify otherwise that salt water has better coating on skin than uber chlorinated water. it's just so hilarious to think of that.

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